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Japan finds more than 90 cases of new COVID-19 virus variant – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH–CORONAVIRUS/JAPAN-MUTANT (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Japan finds more than 90 cases of new COVID-19 virus variant
(Recasts with government spokesman comments)
TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Japanese health authorities have found more than 90 cases of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the government’s chief spokesman said on Friday.
The mutant variant, known as E484K, has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobo Kato told reporters.
The variant is believed to have come from overseas but is different from those that originated in Britain…
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